Below the age of consent: Influences on moral and legal judgments of adult-adolescent sexual relationships

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2980-3009

  Horvath, Miranda A H ^a   Giner Sorolla, Roger ^b  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 36348983327     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2007.00290.x     Document Type: Article

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